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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  experimenters. 
  A 
  new 
  form 
  of 
  Mains 
  baccata, 
  from 
  Nertchinsk, 
  Sibe- 
  

   ria, 
  introduced 
  under 
  No. 
  26681, 
  is 
  being 
  used 
  around 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  

   for 
  hybridizing 
  with 
  M. 
  prunifolia 
  in 
  an 
  endeavor 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  hardier 
  

   race 
  of 
  apples, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  crab 
  apple 
  (No. 
  26682) 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  better 
  

   keeper 
  than 
  the 
  American 
  crab, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  M. 
  baccata 
  

   and 
  M. 
  prunifolia, 
  will 
  attract 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  apple 
  breeder. 
  

  

  The 
  introductions 
  from 
  Nos. 
  26689 
  to 
  26730, 
  inclusive, 
  comprise 
  

   42 
  selected 
  varieties 
  of 
  avocados 
  from 
  seedlings 
  grown 
  in 
  Florida 
  

   and 
  imported 
  from 
  Cuba 
  and 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  fine 
  

   types 
  among 
  these 
  introductions 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  valuable 
  to 
  growers 
  

   of 
  this 
  new 
  fruit 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  probably 
  in 
  southern 
  California. 
  

   Nine 
  varieties 
  of 
  cherimoya 
  (Nos. 
  26731 
  to 
  26739) 
  have 
  been 
  selected 
  

   from 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  seedlings 
  grown 
  in 
  Florida, 
  for 
  their 
  superior 
  quali- 
  

   ties. 
  An 
  interesting 
  relative 
  of 
  our 
  wild 
  rice 
  is 
  introduced 
  under 
  No. 
  

   26760, 
  Zizania 
  latifolia. 
  This 
  wild 
  rice 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  and 
  is 
  cultivated 
  

   extensively 
  in 
  China 
  and 
  Japan 
  for 
  its 
  edible 
  shoots 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  fungous 
  

   growth 
  that 
  develops 
  on 
  the 
  inflorescence 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  edible 
  

   when 
  in 
  a 
  young 
  state. 
  Pyrus 
  salicifolia 
  (No. 
  26763) 
  is 
  a 
  wild 
  pear 
  

   from 
  the 
  hills 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Russia, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  subjected 
  to 
  

   extremely 
  dry 
  conditions, 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  will 
  prove 
  valuable 
  as 
  a 
  pear 
  

   stock 
  in 
  our 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  Another 
  introduction 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  

   valuable 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  regions, 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  

   Sebastopol, 
  is 
  Crataegus 
  orientalis 
  (No. 
  26765). 
  This 
  is 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  pears 
  and 
  for 
  uses 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  plant. 
  

   In 
  Nos. 
  26801 
  to 
  26811 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  hardy 
  race 
  of 
  olives 
  that 
  has 
  with- 
  

   stood 
  a 
  temperature 
  of 
  about 
  —2° 
  F. 
  without 
  injury. 
  These 
  olives 
  

   may 
  be 
  valuable 
  for 
  sections 
  of 
  Texas 
  and 
  California 
  where 
  heavy 
  

   frosts 
  prevail 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  No. 
  27310, 
  Amygdalus 
  davidiana, 
  is 
  another 
  importation 
  of 
  this 
  

   valuable 
  plant 
  that 
  may 
  mean 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  peach 
  growers 
  of 
  the 
  

   colder 
  and 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  our 
  country. 
  A 
  report 
  comes 
  to 
  us 
  

   from 
  the 
  Upper 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden 
  that 
  

   young 
  trees 
  of 
  this 
  peach 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1909-10 
  

   without 
  the 
  slightest 
  injury, 
  while 
  such 
  well-known 
  varieties 
  as 
  

   Chihli 
  and 
  Champion 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  seriously 
  injured. 
  This 
  wild 
  

   peach 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  valuable 
  for 
  breeding 
  work. 
  Nos. 
  27362 
  and 
  

   27363 
  are 
  Ohanez 
  grapes 
  (Vitis 
  vinifera), 
  famed 
  for 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  

   carrying 
  and 
  keeping 
  qualities 
  of 
  their 
  fruit. 
  The 
  fruits 
  ripen 
  late 
  and 
  

   are 
  therefore 
  adapted 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  warmer 
  grape-growing 
  sections. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight, 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Skeels, 
  and 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  A. 
  Austin 
  are 
  

   responsible 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  inventory. 
  

  

  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  in 
  Charge 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  November 
  19, 
  1910. 
  

  

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